Angel García (Lanta Digital Ventures)

THIS IS A PAID EVENT - PURCHASE YOUR TICKET HERE (https://www.startupgrind.com/events/details/startup-grind-barcelona-presents-angel-garcia-lanta-digital-ventures)

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Angel García (Lanta Digital Ventures)

NOTE: This event is going to be conducted in English.

Angel is an experienced executive, entrepreneur and investor. He has broad experience over

more than 20 years acting in an international environments both in Asia and US building up

startup projects.

Startupbootcamp is Europe's first, global and leading accelerator program for startups

running in 13 cities. It's a 3 months acceleration program that focuses on exposing and

connecting startups to an expanding community of top-level mentors and advisors.

They invest in early stage startups who have leadership skills and cutting-edge technology,

focusing on the very few companies that have the potential to make a long-term high impact.

Angel is also founding partner at Lanta Digital Ventures is a Barcelona based early stage

venture capital fund focused in investing in innovative Spanish and European Start-Ups with

high potential growth. The fund is composed by former founders, entrepreneurs or

executives at successful start-ups.

Agenda

6:30 pm Open Doors

6:40 pm Community hour (Open mic + keynote)

7:15 pm Fireside chat

8:45 pm Networking, catering, drinks

Speaker

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Hosted By

Àlex Rodríguez Bacardit, Barcelona Director

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Co-founder at MarsBased (https://MarsBased.com) & Director at Startup Grind BCN (http://www.startupgrind.cat) and Regional Director at Startup Grind. Developing business & Ruby on Rails. Ex-Deloitte, VASS, ESN. Speaks Catalan, Spanish, Italian, German & English - learning Greek. Travels around the world while delivering first-class web & mobile applications with his all-remote development consultancy MarsBased.

Twitter: @lexrodba (http://twitter.com/lexrodba) Carlos Cruz Rastrojo, Co-Director

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Born nearby Barcelona 27 years ago, Carlos loves waking up early in the morning and getting the most out of the day. Co-director at Startup Grind and founder at Iyiyim, spends the day designing experiences to connect people. As a former ESN'r, few things satisfy him more than organizing an event to make people happy. The rest of the time you can find him playing sports, FIFA or Excel.

Twitter: @CCruzRastrojo (http://twitter.com/CCruzRastrojo) Pol Canela, Team Member

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I have over 5 years analysing data. Currently, I work as a Project Manager and data anlayst at Netquest, analyzing large data sets, using advanced analytics and standing up big-data analylitical tools, as R, SQL, Hive-QL,.. As my department is part of the global operations team we deliver service to clients worldwide. So, I am used to discuss, define and manage projects for a broad kind of customers.

My carreer developed as data analytics evolved. So, I started it analyzing accounting data in Excel in the Roca's accounting department. After, I joined Planeta's commercial controlling department, where I started using advanced analytical tools, as SQL, Access and Microstrategy. And finally I ended up analyzing big data.

I have also enterpreneurial an international focus, as I founded a student's association (ESN UPF) and I am actively involved in organizing events for StartupGrind Barcelona. Also, I am used to work and live in 4 languages: english, portuguese, spanish and catalan.

Marc Miralda, Team Member

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Born in 1988 in Barcelona city centre, I studied Mechanical Engineering and started working in an automotive company. Member of Erasmus Student Network for more than 7 years, I was not so bored while being a university student :)
Also Co-Founded my first company in 2014 and became a Startup Grind Barcelona team member 3 years ago, and I'm nowadays mainly focused in managing the operations of TechBuddy in Spain.

Bego Echeverria, Team member

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Monica Dick, Marketing at Startup Grind

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Study abroad business student from Indiana, obtaining undergraduate degree in Marketing from Butler University. While studying abroad at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, will also be interning at Startup Grind to help support marketing efforts for their location in Barcelona, Spain. With three years of professional marketing intern experience, utilizes leadership capabilities and creative mindset to generate, manage and complete various marketing projects. Takes personal responsibility for overall company success through strong work ethic and willingness to learn & grow!

Megan Walsh, Event Coordinator

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American student living in Barcelona while interning full time for Iyiyim and Startup Grind Barcelona. Studying for a bachelor's degree in international business with a concentration in events management at Endicott College. Megan is originally from Seattle, Washington and has studied and interned in Sydney, Australia as well. When not working, she is excited to explore Barcelona and the rest of Spain and meet new, interesting people.

Global Partner

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Google is committed to empowering entrepreneurs around the world through programs, partnerships, and our products.

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AC Hotels is a stylish oasis with Spanish roots and European design. Our hotels are spaces made for creativity by day and social buzz by night

Sponsors

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MarsBased is the technological partner of Startup Grind Barcelona. MarsBased is a web & mobile development consultancy highly specialized in Ruby on Rails & Javascript applications.

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Partners

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The Mobile World Centre is a public-private initiative created by the Mobile World Capital Foundation and Telefonica. The Centre helps you to realize how mobile telephony and Internet are deeply changing our lives, how the ability to communicate anytime/anywhere has become one of the 21st century challenges, …, and how mobility offers solutions for the society organization that were unthinkable just a few years ago.

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Iyiyim is an event consulting company specialized in organizing events and designing experiences. We put at your disposal all our expertise, resources and contacts in Barcelona to create memorable events.

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Estrella Damm is the star product of the The Damm group, a beer produced with the original recipe from 1876. Estrella Damm supports local acts from Barcelona such as the Sonar Festival, FC Barcelona and MACBA es viu, among many others.

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Barcelona Tech City is the Digital Business cluster that benchmarks Barcelona to the world, open to all those based in Barcelona working in digital and tech business.

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Ironhack are preparing the next generation of digital creators, offering Intensive courses in Web development & UX/UI Design in Barcelona, Madrid and Miami.

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What is Startup Grind?

Startup Grind is a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. We host monthly events in more than 200 cities and 98 countries featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share personal stories and lessons learned on the road to building great companies. Our monthly fireside chat interviews, startup mixers and annual conferences provide ample opportunities to connect with amazing startups and the people behind them, tap into a strong support network, form meaningful connections and gain inspiration for the startup journey ahead. For more information visit StartupGrind.com (https://www.startupgrind.com/) or follow us on twitter @StartupGrind (https://twitter.com/StartupGrind).